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The quote I chose for Siddhartha Gautama is “A wise man, recognizing that the world is but an illusion, does not act as if it is real, so he escapes the suffering.” I chose this quote for him because he was born to a mother who was part of the tribal ancestry and a father who was a wealthy king. He had the means to live a life of luxury; however he instead devoted his life to understanding balance and suffering. Though he didn’t have to live the effects of the suffering of humans, he always set out to discover the deep meaning of feelings that are associated with agony and anguish that some experience. The quote showed that he thought that all human beings can experience suffering. Also, he sought out to find something much deeper than materialistic

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